The Sims 3

The Pros:Great graphics. Much more in depth and open than previous games. Sim personality traits.

The Cons:Limited stock selection of home furnishings. Most buildings in town cannot be looked into. Only comes with a single neighbourhood.

The Sims 3 is an upcoming computer game in the popular and critically acclaimed The Sims franchise, originally created by Maxis and due for release on June 2, 2009 in North America, and June 5, 2009 in Europe and Australia.

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In contrast to the previous versions, the houses and neighborhoods will be seamless, allowing players to explore and interact with their neighborhood without loading time. With this release there is a Create-A-Sim character builder, where the polygon 3-D models of Sims can be modified by changing a wider variety of properties than what was available in previous installments. This opens the door to creating completely unique Sims with regard to weight, fitness, hair, and clothing, etc. Players can customize nearly everything in the game, including furniture, clothes and shoes.

In The Sims 2, there were only three body types—fat, normal and fit. As in The Sims 2, body shape varies with diet and exercise, so that Sims created as overweight can become slim by exercising and Sims created thin may become fat by eating too much and not exercising. Personality configuration for Sims has also been made more complex, with the original 'percentage bar'-style personality points replaced by a combination of traits, similar to those in the personals section of newspapers. The build and buy modes have been revamped. The square outlines that appear on the ground (often referred to as a grid or tile)—apparent when entering build or buy mode—are now four times smaller to give the player more liberty to place objects where they want

Features

Houses and neighborhoods will be seamless, allowing players to explore and interact with their neighborhood without loading time

Create-A-Sim character builder, where the polygon 3-D models of Sims can be modified by changing a wider variety of properties than what was available in previous installments

New fitness options for sims

New personality configuation

New build and buy mode

There are new customizability features

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great graphics

5

much more in depth and open than previous games

5

sim personality traits

4

no loading screens once you're in the game

3

sims physical features, clothes, houses and furnishings are way more customizable than previous versions

3

Up to 4 save slots

2

more personality options

1

free models/furniture and mods are easy to find online and import into the game

Cons

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limited stock selection of home furnishings

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most buildings in town cannot be looked into

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only comes with a single neighbourhood

1

managing multiple households is difficult - characters age and progress while you are off playing others (broken/bugged option to disable this progression)

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some users encounter crashing and other performance issues (freezing at 1am)